It started agitating slowly and then stopped. Some water came out the front of the machine on the floor.

I was told by another site that it was the belt, bell and seal. The bell they sent is not the correct one. The one taken from my washer has a pointed nose on it. I have the parts list for my model and it is y2200109 they say thats what they sent me but there is no way it will work. I have NOT taken the inner parts nor the inner tub nor outer tub out. I will replace the belt on the motor but noticed the Idler Pully Wheel does not spin. So I will replace that along with the thrust washers. Do I need to replace the shaft(inside the idler wheel) and the retaining clip too?

I have the "Repair Parts List" 2005 for Maytag has helped me a lot. I also have the "Service Manual for Amana" it has helped also except I find my washer is somewhat different then the pictures. I have the 15 series I believe and some of the pictures are not of the 15 so some of the parts look different. According to the parts list my transmission should be 40032701 but mine has a longer spindle then the one pictured.My parts connected to the tranny don't look like what is on page 20, 21 of the service manual, so I am reluctant to remove them. According to the Parts list I would need the Triple Lip Seal and Bearing Kit Y2200460. I don't even know what these parts are called let along be able to identify them when and if the right ones were to come. Like I said the service manual shows different pictures and calls the parts by different names. I think my washer is 10 years or more old. Makes a difference.

So I thought I would start with the belt, idler pully wheel, replace those and then fire it up and see what happens. If it leaks, then I will need to go further if not yeah!!.

I changed the belt, the idler pully wheel and cleaned up eveything and put the motor back in.

Now the motor just sits there and HUMS. It will spin (using timer) but nothing else.

SOOOO what did I do wrong??? Or now do I have a new problem? Can you buy a new motor switch? How do I check the motor start switch and start windings are they talking about inside the motor switch itself. My schematic is not that good. What kind of readings should I have and do I check it with the motor in place in the washer and the power on or do I pull the motor and check it outside the washer? The motor I have is 40096303 3-speed with this transmission 27001038.

Thanks......................I really need help now.................I'm running out of clean clothes

On amana, make sure you grab the transmission pully, turn it clockwise and make sure it turns freely, then turn it counterclockwise and make sure it turns freely. Alot of these amana's end up having transmission problems.

If that is ok, and this may sound stupid, but when re-wiring the motor (putting in connector and putting 2 wires on capacitor), did you wire capacitor right? There are usually 4 terminals on the Start cap, and you want to make sure that you have one wire on each set of terminals, not on the same terminal. If you did, motor would hum.

If that is not the case, motor might be bad. Try running without belt and see what happens.